Quality grocery stores in OKC

[tfvc.org]

I shop at both the 104th store and the Norman store and I think the Norman store has the better selection and produce / bulk is better laid out. I think it is a bit bigger as well.

[Bullbear]

I go to the Crest at NW 23rd and Meridian. its nothing fancy but clean and well laid out.. very classic grocery store set up which is fine by me.

[zachj7]

The Crest in Edmond is decent. My favorite Crest is the Norman one. The Homeland on Bryant/Danforth is the best one I know. Nothing stellar, but decent. All the other Homelands I have been to are kind of gross. The only stellar grocery store yet absurdly expensive in the area IMO is Whole Foods.

[jerrywall]

The Crest in Edmond is decent. My favorite Crest is the Norman one. The Homeland on Bryant/Danforth is the best one I know. Nothing stellar, but decent. All the other Homelands I have been to are kind of gross. The only stellar grocery store yet absurdly expensive in the area IMO is Whole Foods.

Check out the Homeland at May and Britton, if you haven't.

[bchris02]

The Crest in Edmond is decent. My favorite Crest is the Norman one. The Homeland on Bryant/Danforth is the best one I know. Nothing stellar, but decent. All the other Homelands I have been to are kind of gross. The only stellar grocery store yet absurdly expensive in the area IMO is Whole Foods.

Homeland at Britton and May is nice. The one at 122nd and Rockwell is identical to the Bryant/Danforth one.

[ctchandler]

The Homeland at Bryant and Danforth is decent, but the one at Britton and May is tops in the area in my opinion. I have been to both many times and there really is no comparison. And a little off the beaten path is the one at Sunnylane and Southeast 29th. It is right at the top of the ones I have been to, maybe just below the one at Britton and May.
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[okatty]

Homeland at Britton and May is nice. The one at 122nd and Rockwell is identical to the Bryant/Danforth one.

The 122nd/Rockwell Homeland location has been re-done recently and is very nice I think. Prices cannot compete with Crest though just down the street (Rockwell/Hefner).

[zookeeper]

Pete, if you're going to check out grocery stores while you are in town, be sure and go by Homeland's May & Britton store. Presentation, cleanliness, friendliness, it's easily the best mainline grocery store in Oklahoma City (imo).

[jerrywall]

I think we have a consensus!

[Pete]

I'll be sure to stop by the May & Britton store.

Yesterday, I did some shopping in the Homeland at Danforth & Bryant in Edmond.

It is a decent store. It reminds of Vons (Safeway) in California, which is a notch below Ralphs (Kroger).

Frankly, it was better than I thought it would be.

[bchris02]

I'll be sure to stop by the May & Britton store.

Yesterday, I did some shopping in the Homeland at Danforth & Bryant in Edmond.

It is a decent store. It reminds of Vons (Safeway) in California, which is a notch below Ralphs (Kroger).

Frankly, it was better than I thought it would be.

The remodeled Homelands aren't too bad. They are nothing special but at least they are acceptable grocery stores unlike some of the older locations that are so bad you have to wonder if they would pass a health department inspection. The remodeled Homelands like the one in Edmond and the one at 122nd and Rockwell put me in mind of some of the lower-end Harris Teeters in Charlotte.

[rte66man]

Was in Tulsa over the weekend and noticed the plot where Trader Joe's will be has already been cleared. No signage telling you what was going there. Will the Nichols Hills location open first since it is a remodel only?

[BrettM2]

Anyone heard of any chances of a new Crest on the east side of Edmond? That seems like a good location for one of their new concepts.

[bchris02]

Anyone heard of any chances of a new Crest on the east side of Edmond? That seems like a good location for one of their new concepts.

I could be wrong but I had heard there was originally one planned for Covell and I-35 but it was killed by NIMBY opposition. I hope that isn't the case because I agree, that would be a perfect location for a new Crest concept.

[OKCRT]

C'mon, Charlotte is not all that. Lots of hillbillies in and around Charlotte,in fact North Carolina in general. I have no idea why someone would put Charlotte in high regard. It's nothing special.

I know that if Kroger moved into the city I would switch to them asap. Kroger is a great grocery store.

[bchris02]

C'mon, Charlotte is not all that. Lots of hillbillies in and around Charlotte,in fact North Carolina in general. I have no idea why someone would put Charlotte in high regard. It's nothing special.

That may be true, but Charlotte is over twice the size of OKC and has a lot of perks that OKC doesn't have simply because of its size and how popular it is with transplants. In many ways its like a mini-Dallas. At its core though, yes its a Southern city and country lifestyle is prevalent around there. Since this thread is about grocery stores, Charlotte is headquarters for Harris Teeter and they are as numerous there as Wal-Marts are in OKC. Harris Teeter is a beautiful grocery store - a step above your average Kroger but not quite Whole Foods. Quite frankly most grocery stores I've been to in Dallas aren't that impressive when you are accustomed to Harris Teeter, let alone OKC which most know could be much improved in this area.

I know that if Kroger moved into the city I would switch to them asap. Kroger is a great grocery store.

I really wish Kroger would open in Oklahoma. They really aren't anything special but they are a step above most OKC grocery stores and they would be a nice alternative to Wal-Mart. They are in every surrounding state but not here. Maybe they will eventually either buy out Homeland or enter the market once alcohol reform happens (if it ever does).

[jerrywall]

I could be wrong but I had heard there was originally one planned for Covell and I-35 but it was killed by NIMBY opposition. I hope that isn't the case because I agree, that would be a perfect location for a new Crest concept.

IIRC, it was an unnamed store, that folks hoped would be a Crest, but turned out to be a Wal-Mart hometown grocery.

[Roger S]

IIRC, it was an unnamed store, that folks hoped would be a Crest, but turned out to be a Wal-Mart hometown grocery.

I know there was some conceptual/prelim design work done for a Crest at I-35 and Covell but I don't know what the status is on that project.

I think the Walmart was going to be located at Coltrane & Covell.

[jerrywall]

I know there was some conceptual/prelim design work done for a Crest at I-35 and Covell but I don't know what the status is on that project.

I think the Walmart was going to be located at Coltrane & Covell.

Oh, you're right.

I wonder if the status of anything on Covell and I-35 is pending on the financing issues with the Edmond convention center being resolved.

[ljbab728]

Brianna's update.

Oklahoma City's great grocer shake-up continues | News OK

In interview with Carl Archiniaco, senior associate for retail at the Oklahoma City real estate company Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort.

With about 4,500 housing units now downtown, and another 3,000 units of housing projected for downtown in the next five years, there may finally be enough people to support an urban grocer in downtown or on the outskirts, he said.

“We’re finally getting to a place where we can support a grocery store,”Archiniaco said.

Mark Inman, senior vice president for CBRE in Oklahoma City, said Whole Foods Market is expected to open at least one new metro area store, while Natural Grocers and Sprouts could also add more stores to their rapid expansion into Oklahoma City. Walmart will continue to open smaller format stores like its Walmart Neighborhood Market. Locally owned Crest Fresh Market also will continue its “slow, methodical expansion,” Inman said.

[SomeGuy]

I'd love to see a Sprouts in West OKC, this area really doesn't have any Natural/Organic grocery stores

[Dustin]

Where would Whole Foods put a second location in OKC? Did she mean Edmond?

[sooner88]

Where would Whole Foods put a second location in OKC? Did she mean Edmond?

Probably Chisolm Creek.

[HangryHippo]

I'd love to see a Sprouts in West OKC, this area really doesn't have any Natural/Organic grocery stores

I'd think a Sprouts would do very well in the Yukon/Mustang area.

[CP405]

I'd think a Sprouts would do very well in the Yukon/Mustang area.

The old grocery store on 66 and Cornwell would be perfect for Sprouts. It would need some renovation work of course but I know Sprouts likes to move into already built locations. I think I remember reading that it is supposed to be torn down, but it still stands.